Shahril Shamsuddin

President and Group Chief Executive Officer, SapuraKencana Petroleum, Malaysia

BSc in Industrial Tech., California Polytechnic State Univ.; MSc in Mgmt of Tech., MIT. With Sapura Group: restructured the group's business portfolio through strategic business and technology acquisitions; leads SapuraKencana Petroleum, which has become the world's 4th largest integrated oil and gas service provider. Pioneer indigenous developer and provider of high-technology platforms and smart wireless communication applications for Malaysian agencies. Recipient of awards: Légion d'Honneur, France, for promotion of business partnerships between Malaysia and France (2007); Ernst Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Malaysia (2009).